Hi tom,

        I now have crossed China off as a country to visit any time soon.  

        tom, I wanted to get another vanagon in 2013.  I decided I couldn’t do it…. unless the vanagon list was still here and I could get support.  the list was here and I’m loving vanagon life again. Thank you and the list community.

Eric Caron 

On Dec 8, 2017, at 11:04 AM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

Tom, from me too, thanks for what you do for this list. Much appreciated.
This is one of the most consistant services to which I Subscribe.

John R

On Dec 8, 2017 09:33, "David McNeely" <davmcneely40@gmail.com> wrote:

Tom, thanks for informing us of what the problem was, and for all you do to
provide this list for us.  mcneely

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Carrington, Tom (ReliTech) <
TCarrington@relitech.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> For the last 4 weeks, there has been a torrent of traffic from overseas
> SPAMmers trying (and sometimes succeeding) to use the Vanagon list server
> to deliver their messages.
> 
> Even when the messages were refused, the load caused Gerry (the Vanagon
> list server) problems. I have added host-based firewall software to the
> server and blocked entire ranges of IP addresses from accessing Gerry.
> 
> This will hopefully resolve the issue, with one downside: If you plan on
> travelling to mainland China, do not expect to be able to access Gerry.
;)
> 
> Regards,
> TomC
> 
> Tom Carrington
> https://www.linkedin.com/in/CarringtonTom/
> TCarrington@ReliTech.com
>